Memelland People's Party
The Memelland People's Party ( MVP ) was a party of the German majority population in the Memelland . It existed from 1925 to 1935 and was included in the Memelland unit list .
meaning
The party represented middle-class middle-class positions and was significantly influenced by the interests of trade and industry. She was close to the DVP .
The chairpersons were Joseph Kraus (1877–1939), Wilhelm Brindlinger (1890–1967) and Richard Meyer (1885–1970).
With August Baldschus , the MVP provided a member of the state directorate from January 12 to November 8, 1926.
Elections to the Seimas
In May 1926 Robert Grabow and the teacher Max Jagstaidt were elected as MVP representatives to MPs in the Lithuanian Seimas in Kovno .
Elections to the Seimelis
In the elections for Seimelis , the MVP became the second strongest German party. According to Jürgen W. Falter , the MVP achieved the following results. Mads Ole Balling comes up with slightly different percentages, the number of seats is the same for both.
| Electoral term | percent | Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| I. electoral term 1925 | 36.9% | 11 |
| Second electoral term, 1927 | 32.7% | 10 |
| III. 1930 parliamentary term | 27.6% | 8th |
| IV. 1932 parliamentary term | 27.2% | 8th |
| Electoral term | MP | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| I. Election term | Franz Gaidies | Autumn 1926 waiver of mandate (successor: Wilhelm Brindlinger) |
| I. Election term | H. Gehlhaar | |
| I. Election term | Johs Idzelis | |
| I. Election term | Joseph Kraus | |
| I. Election term | Erdmann Luttkus | |
| I. Election term | Richard Meyer | |
| I. Election term | W. Richtsmeier | |
| I. Election term | Robert Riechert | |
| I. Election term | Albrecht Rogge | |
| I. Election term | Friedrich Suhr | |
| I. Election term | Adam Vorbeck | |
| I. Election term | Wilhelm Brindlinger | Autumn 1926 for Franz Gaidies |
| II electoral term | Wilhelm Brindlinger | |
| II electoral term | Carl Hilpert | |
| II electoral term | Joseph Kraus | |
| II electoral term | Erdmann Luttkus | |
| II electoral term | Richard Meyer | |
| II electoral term | Emil Müller | |
| II electoral term | Robert Riechert | |
| II electoral term | Richard Spangehl | Died March 27, 1929 (successor: Fritz Blasinsky) |
| II electoral term | Friedrich Suhr | |
| II electoral term | Adam Vorbeck | |
| II electoral term | Fritz Blasinsky | April 3, 1929 for Richard Spangehl |
| III. Electoral term | Wilhelm Brindlinger | |
| III. Electoral term | Wilhelm Gayer | November 20, 1930 waiver of mandate (successor: Arthur Recklies) |
| III. Electoral term | Georg Borbe | |
| III. Electoral term | Carl Hilpert | |
| III. Electoral term | Joseph Kraus | |
| III. Electoral term | Erdmann Luttkus | |
| III. Electoral term | Richard Meyer | |
| III. Electoral term | Arthur Papendick | |
| III. Electoral term | Arthur Recklies | November 20, 1930 for Wilhelm Gayer |
| III. Electoral term | Robert Riechert | |
| IV. Term | Carl Hilpert | |
| IV. Term | Joseph Kraus | Resigned October 1933 due to emigration (successor Robert Riechert) |
| IV. Term | Erdmann Luttkus | |
| IV. Term | Richard Meyer | |
| IV. Term | Arthur Papendick | |
| IV. Term | Georg Podszus | October 1933 resignation of the mandate (successor Johannes Wachs) |
| IV. Term | Arthur Recklies | |
| IV. Term | Ottomar Schreiber | June 6, 1932 Resignation (successor: Fritz Blasinsky) |
| IV. Term | Fritz Blasinsky | since June 6, 1932 for Ottomar Schreiber |
| IV. Term | Johannes Wachs | since October for Georg Podszus |
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 695-696 .
- Jürgen W. Falter / Thomas Lindenberger / Siegfried Schumann: Elections and Voting in the Weimar Republic: Materials on Voting Behavior, 1919-1933 . Munich 1986, ISBN 3-406-31583-6 , pp. 114 .